Put it out there. You don’t have time to do otherwise. Be true to yourself. No one deserves that more than you do. Tell the truth, even when it’s difficult for people to hear. They’ll appreciate your honesty. Believe the actions and not the words. Enough said. Learn to listen......
What do you say when someone in power over you asks you to do something that violates your ethics? Do you say yes because you know it’s that’s what they want and avoid conflict? Or do you say no because it’s unethical from your perspective? Seems like a no-brainer, right?......
Tell me what you want done, but don’t tell me how. You’ve got to leave something for me. Better yet, ask me to help you with a problem and let me solve it. I prefer asking over telling. Better still, explain the situation and ask me what I think. We......
Demoing something for the first time is difficult, but doing it for the second time is easy. And when you demo a new solution the first time, it (and you) will be misunderstood. What is the value of this new thing? This is a good question because it makes clear......
It’s fine if you’re asked to do too much occasionally. Things come up and must be addressed. Sometimes it’s your turn and sometimes it’s others’ turn. No one can argue with that. And sometimes the work demands your special skills and you go the extra because the work is important......
Startups are good at making something work in the lab for the first time. However, startups are not good at moving their one-in-a-row prototypes to the manufacturing floor. But if startups are to scale, that’s exactly what they must do. For startups to be successful, they must continually change the......
Be successful, but be yourself. Accept people for who they are and everything else gets better. Tell the truth, even if it causes stress. In the short term, it is emotionally challenging but in the long term, it builds trust. Disagree, yes. Disappoint, yes. Disavow, no. Be effective, but be......
If you don’t believe in the project, the team will sense it; energy will drain from the project; and no one will want to work the project. If you don’t believe in the project, you can’t make yourself believe in the project. If you don’t believe in the project, you......
We wait because we don’t have enough information to make a decision. We wait until the decision makes itself because no one wants to be wrong. We wait for permission because of the negative consequences of being wrong. We wait to use our judgment until we have evidence our judgment......
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